Is this the end, or is it some sort of really expense viral marketing campaign for the 2012 DVD release?

Every few years, doomsayers decide the world is going to end.

They pick a date, get a lot of media face time, and then when it doesn’t happen, they’re suddenly unavailable for comment.

Or they’ve hedged their bets, like an astrologer, with a bunch of stuff that’s going to happen anway: “The world will suffer political upheaval, bad television, starvation and disease, then the end will come.” In this case, by “end,” they’ll claim they meant “Dec. 31.”

But 2012 is when the Earth will tumble off its axis and we will be engulfed and devoured by special effects.

Has it already started? Naw.

This is either the end of the world…or a series of earthquakes. I’m going with “series of earthquakes.” But if you’re looking for an excuse to get out of work and say things that you always wanted to say, feel free to fall off the deep end.